Biriyani

Ingredients:

• Mutton-1 kg
• Bashmati rice- 1/2 kg
• Potato(cut in cube) - 3 medium size(around 250gm)
• Onion - 1 cup(chopped)
• Yogurt - 1 cup
• Milk- 1 cup
• Cinnamon stick -4 pieces
• Cardamom-5-6 pieces
• Clove-3-4 pieces
• Bay leaf- 4 pieces
• Garlic paste-1 and 1/2 Tbs
• Ginger paste- 1 and 1/2 Tbs
• Garam masala powder- 1 ts
• Cumin powder- 1 ts
• Red chili powder- 1 ts
• Black pepper powder- 1 ts
• Nutmeg powder (Jaifol)- 1/2 ts
• Mace powder (jaiotri)- 1/2 ts
• Aloobukhara/Dried prune-7-8 pieces
• Raisin -10 pieces
• Keora water-1/2 Tbs
• Sugar-1 ts
• Ghee- 1/2 cup
• Oil- 2 Tbs
• Salt- 2 Tbs or according to your taste

Procedure:

1. Clean and wash the mutton properly and keep them on a strainer to drain the excess water.
2. Now take the mutton in the pan (try to use an ovenproof  heavy pan with heavy lid), add yogurt, salt, sugar, half of the ghee, ginger paste, garlic paste, whole masala (cinnamon, cardamom, clove, bay leaf) and all powder masala. Mix all these things well with mutton, cover it and keep it aside to marinate for around 2-3 hour.
3. In the mean time fry the potatoes lightly in oil and keep it aside. Then fry the chopped onion till it get nice golden color and take them out on a paper towel to soak extra oil and keep aside.
4. Wash rice and cook it half and drain through a strainer to drain water.
5. Now add milk on the top of the mutton and then spread the rice on it.Then spread the fried potatoes , fried onion, rest of the ghee, aloobukhara/Dried prune, raisin, keora water one by one on the top.
6. Then cover the pan with lid. If the lid is not tight enough, seal the edge with flour dough.
7. Now preheat the oven to 375 degree F. Then put the pan in the oven and bake it around 20 minutes and then  reduce the heat to 350 degree F and bake it around 45-50 minutes.
8. Then turn off the oven and leave it for around 30 minutes.
9. Now carefully open the lid and slowly mix the biryani from the bottom to top to make an even mix of mutton and rice in the biryani.
10. Serve your biryani hot and enjoy.

Fried Rice

Ingredients:

·         2 to 3 tbsp cooking oil

·         1 cup diced chicken or ham or shrimp

·         6 cups steamed rice

·         1 to 1-1/2 cups diced boiled vegetables (peas, carrots, beans, sweet corn etc.)

·         2 to 3 tsp soy sauce

·         1-1/2 tsp sesame oil

·         1/2 to 1 tsp salt, to taste

·         3 eggs, beaten

·         4 tbsp thinly sliced green spring onion

Method:

1. Heat oil in large skillet or wok.

2. Saute meat for 30 seconds on high heat and remove from pan. 

3. Again put some oil in the wok and add beaten eggs and keep moving while cooking so that eggs scramble into small pieces.Remove from pan.

4. Return meat to pan and add rice.

5. Reduce heat to medium and cook approximately 2 minutes, stirring constantly.

6.Stir in vegetables, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and cooked eggs.

7. Cook 2 additional minutes.

8. Sprinkle with green onions as a garnish and serve hot.